Untrained and Un-Tridentine: Holy Orders and the Canonically Unfit by Rev. Anthony Cekada (2003)
The problem of untrained clergy in the traditionalist movement.
The following incidents actually took place in different traditional Catholic chapels in the U.S.:
A married man in priestly vestments stands at an altar attempting to offer the Tridentine Mass, but it is obvious that he has no clue about how to go about it. The server (a devout layman) stands up, stations himself next to “Father,” and for the rest of the Mass tells the confused celebrant what to do next.
“Father” is conducting Holy Week services at a traditionalist chapel in Louisiana. He buys some boudin, the spicy Cajun blood sausage, and casually mentions that he just ate most of it in the grocery store’s parking lot. The day is Good Friday.
“Father” has forgotten to consecrate an extra host for Benediction after Mass. He blesses the congregation with an empty monstrance, and tells the server, “I hope no one will notice.”
The problem of untrained clergy in the traditionalist movement.
The following incidents actually took place in different traditional Catholic chapels in the U.S.:
A married man in priestly vestments stands at an altar attempting to offer the Tridentine Mass, but it is obvious that he has no clue about how to go about it. The server (a devout layman) stands up, stations himself next to “Father,” and for the rest of the Mass tells the confused celebrant what to do next.
“Father” is conducting Holy Week services at a traditionalist chapel in Louisiana. He buys some boudin, the spicy Cajun blood sausage, and casually mentions that he just ate most of it in the grocery store’s parking lot. The day is Good Friday.
“Father” has forgotten to consecrate an extra host for Benediction after Mass. He blesses the congregation with an empty monstrance, and tells the server, “I hope no one will notice.”
The problem of untrained clergy in the traditionalist movement.
The following incidents actually took place in different traditional Catholic chapels in the U.S.:
A married man in priestly vestments stands at an altar attempting to offer the Tridentine Mass, but it is obvious that he has no clue about how to go about it. The server (a devout layman) stands up, stations himself next to “Father,” and for the rest of the Mass tells the confused celebrant what to do next.
“Father” is conducting Holy Week services at a traditionalist chapel in Louisiana. He buys some boudin, the spicy Cajun blood sausage, and casually mentions that he just ate most of it in the grocery store’s parking lot. The day is Good Friday.
“Father” has forgotten to consecrate an extra host for Benediction after Mass. He blesses the congregation with an empty monstrance, and tells the server, “I hope no one will notice.”